The Beatles, Osho and other deportations | #88
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With the world’s number one male tennis player getting the boot from Australia, deportation is trending again. Back in the 1960’s Paul McCartney along with OG Beatles drummer Pete Best, got deported from Germany for a rather silly misunderstanding. While moving out of their stay, on a very dark night they lit a condom on fire for light, which slightly scorched the exterior of the building wall. But the building owners complained to the authorities that they were trying to set the building on fire, which resulted in Paul and Pete’s deportation on grounds of attempted arson. However, they were allowed back the next spring after saying ‘Please, Please, Me’ coughing up some deportation fees. A day in the life, indeed.
In this week’s newsletter we shall talk about some of the deportations closer home.
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Osho - Born Chandra Mohan Jain and also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Osho was the founder of the Rajneesh movement. Though his popularity was gaining momentum, the regime under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not approve of his cult. The government initiated investigations that revealed multiple allegations of prostitution, drug trafficking, gold smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion. In 1981, the Rajneesh left to the US with his revolutionary ideologies and established Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, Oregon but was deported from the US in 1985 after pleading guilty to violating the immigration law. Osho and his disciples were in constant conflict with the county residents and the State Government. They were charged with serious crimes which included a mass food poisoning attack with salmonella bacteria and an aborted assassination plot to murder U.S. Attorney Charles H. Turner. After his deportation from the United States 21 other countries denied him entry. He certainly was running a Wild Wild Country.
Osho Arrives at Delhi Airport After Being Deported From America. PC: @IndiaHistorypic Aatish Taseer - The British-born author and journalist, son of Indian journalist Talveen Singh, lost his Indian Overseas citizenship (OCI status) in 2019 after he wrote an article for the Time magazine criticizing the current Indian government just before the elections that year. But the justification that the Indian government’s Home Ministry provided was that Aatish Taseer hid his father, Salman Taseer’s Pakistani descent, a claim that the author outright denied. He was never sent an official notice regarding it, instead the ministry chose to break the news to him through a public tweet. He may never be able to return to India, might have to become a ‘Twice Born’ to do so.
Taslima Nasreen - The Bangladeshi writer was forced into exile due to continuous threats from radical Muslim groups over her novel ‘Lajja’ which depicts the persecution of a Hindu family by Muslims. After having suffered several physical and mental attacks Taslima left Bangladesh to adopt Swedish Citizenship in 1994. She currently lives in Delhi on a resident permit.
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